Overview

• Spain’s cabinet designated multiple areas as disaster zones to unlock rapid financial support for wildfire victims, with aid also covering recent severe storms and floods.
• Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said 15 larger fires remain active in Spain, with three of greatest concern in Zamora, León and Lugo.
• European Forest Fire Information System data indicate Spain has lost more than 4,100 square kilometers to fires this year, including about 3,500 square kilometers since early August.
• Portugal’s conservation institute ICNF classified the central blaze as the largest in the nation’s history, and officials say it is under control but still being closely watched for flare-ups.
• About 1,000 firefighters and 300 vehicles remain deployed in central Portugal, and foreign crews from Germany, Finland, France and Romania are beginning a phased withdrawal.